BRITAIN, a nation of tea lovers, isn’t interested in the non-drip teapot. Three years ago, design engineer Damini Kumar invented her dripless teapot, but despite all the media attention and praise she has failed to interest a British manufacturer. So she’s now hawking her wares in another great tea-drinking nation—Australia.
An unexpected hurdle for Kumar has been teapot makers’ reluctance to acknowledge that their products have a problem. “If they produce a non-drip range, then they have to admit that the others drip,” she says.
Teapots with sharp lips that quickly cut off the flow usually drip less, but…
